A Complete Shipper's Analysis of Who Rory Will End Up With Based on The "Gilmore Girls" Trailer

The official trailer for the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life reboot just hit YouTube and it focused mainly on teasing what's most important about the series: The Gilmore family and their relationships with one another. We get a lot of Rory and Lorelai's quirky mother/daughter convos as well as a look into the girls' current struggles: Rory's stalled-out career, Lorelai's doubts about her relationship with Luke, and Emily's struggle with the death of her husband Richard. *sob*

But, obviously, my inner shipper did what it does best: Put on a pair of shipper goggles and overanalyzed the nine total seconds of footage we got of Rory's three exes to predict who is going to achieve endgame status.

Dean: 1 Second of Screen Time

Rory's first love appears in the trailer at the 1:56 mark, pretty much the exact way we all expected him to — at Doose's Market. Although we only see him for one hot second, the waaay he appears might shed some light on the nature of his role.

Dean can be seen standing at the entrance of Doose's Market looking longingly (wistfully? pensively? surprised?) over his shoulder at something.

It would be awesome for Rory/Dean shippers if his scene comes in the final moments of the last episode of the reboot and their brief encounter convinces them to give their relationship one last try. But it's much more likely the two former lovebirds will cross each other's paths and reflect on their good times together, but ultimately decide that their romance is better left in the past.

They'll part as friends, and somehow, their discussion will make Dean realize he was totally WRONG to compare his rocky relationship with Rory to Luke and Lorelai's. Luke and Lorelai are meant to be, OK Dean?

Logan: 1 Second of Screen Time

We catch a glimpse of Logan's familiar cocky grin at the 2:03 timemark while he's leaning cooly against a leather couch, looking charming AF. That's about it.

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Endgame Prediction: It could happen.

I'm guessing Rory is the person Logan's smiling at in his chunk of reboot footage. Perhaps Rory stops by Logan's place in London in the first episode while living her vagabond lifestyle. The short meeting sparks a fire in the playboy's cold heart. Remember, the couple were in love when Logan decided to end things because Rory wasn't ready to marry him. So maybe when he sees Rory's baby blues again, he realizes he was wrong to give her an ultimatum back then, which spurs him to follow Rory back to Stars Hollow where they'll give their relationship another try.

His only competition:

Jess: 7 Seconds of Screen Time

Although Jess was chronologically Rory's second almost-love, I saved him for last because his appearance in the trailer was the longest and meatiest. Unlike the line-less glimpses we got of Dean and Logan, Jess actually SPEAKS. And what he says will squeeze your shipper heart.

At the 1:28 mark, Rory and a long-haired Jess are sitting in some type of office with seriously out-of-date technology surrounding them (like desktop computers with monitors that are thicker than an inch) sipping on drinks as they talk about Rory's not-quite-dream life.

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The dialogue:

Rory: I'm feeling very lost these days. I have no job. I have no credit. I have no underwear.

Jess: What?

Rory: I could have been a contender.

Jess: You're still a contender.

*Jess raises his cup in a toast to Rory as you swoon*

Endgame Likelihood: Very likely.

In this lightning quick 7-second conversation, we get a taste of Rory and Jess' new relationship. There doesn't seem to be any tension whatsoever in the scene, which is actually significant, because it means they're now grown ups who, after everything, can talk about their life, comforting and encouraging each other.

The scene actually gives off the same fun, flirty, friendship vibe you got from Luke and Lorelai in season one of the show. And ultimately, someone Rory can have real conversations with without fear of being judged is what she needs, as does Lorelai. Am I right or am I right?

Although Logan will have wormed his way back into Rory's heart over the course of his four-episode stint in the reboot (Jess is only in three episodes, according to IMDb), Rory decides that, in the end, her relationship with Jess that she never actually got to give a real chance is the one she wants to pursue now.

Or maybe I'm seeing what I want to see. Feel free to watch the trailer below and come to your own completely baseless conclusions.

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